Civil Service

xtal191

I have an interview with the civil service coming up! Just wondering if anybody here has had an interview with the civil service before, if so what was it like? Any tips?
Whats the civil service like to work for in general?
Any information at all would be great thanks!!!

stepbar

Whats the position? Clerical officer or something higher? I would look up the publicjobs website http://www.publicjobs.ie it would have all the info you need. As for working in the Civil service its grand, I worked for 3 months in a Social Welfare office and it was good craic, some good characters.

xtal191

Yeah its for a clerical officer position!

stepbar

http://www.publicjobs.ie/en/advice/prepare_interview.asp

Know the application form you sent in (I hope you kept a photocopy) and ur CV and you will be fine. They will be looking to see how ur customer service skills are and how well you can deal with repetitive work. Know a bit a bout the organisation itself and have a few questions prepared for to ask them i.e. prospects of further education. Other than that it will be fine TBH is would be easy enough to do well in.

O yeah they will ask you about decentralisation too. A lot of dept's are moving down the country so you might have to move some where else early on into your career.

xtal191

Cheers for your help!

TerrorFirmer

I work as a clerical officer in comm care, can't speak for every position in the country but I love my one, great conditions, great co-workers etc, good luck with your interviews.